Known to his friends as “Lechuga”, Matte was CEO in Chile of Methanex Corporation, a Canadian company that supplies and markets methanol throughout the world. Upon leaving this high corporate position, in 1991, he built a house for himself in Pirque and formed Viña Haras de Pirque, as well as a horse farm.
Partnered with the Antinori family, one of Italy’s leading wine producers, to whom in 2017 he sold the vineyard. The horse farm was bought by the Heller family. After those millionaire transactions, Matte Rozas dedicated himself to enjoying life, his friends comment. Foodie, good reader, conversationalist and traveler.
He traveled by helicopter between Pirque, Zapallar and his field in Riñihue, where he has a house on the lake and a plantation of European hazelnut trees. He also sold urbanized land in Pirque, a business that was managed by his son Luis Matte Blackburn.
“Immensely generous, he always invited his family and friends to travel and enjoy with them,” highlights someone from his closest circle. He enjoyed music, golf and bridge. He had been married for more than 35 years. “They were a very united couple, she was fundamental in his life,” they emphasize close.
In addition to the children of each one in their previous marriages, they added two together, Augusto, a filmmaker and producer who lives in London, and Anita, who lives in Pirque.
An inseparable companion of the couple was Kika, a Maltese dog who on the day of the accident was also traveling with them in the helicopter -which Matte bought a few months ago-which according to expert reports would have crashed at the time of takeoff due to visibility problems.
